Dr. Syed Mustafa Karim M.D.
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
19550 E 39TH ST S INDEPENDENCE MO, 64057About
Dr. Syed Karim is an oncologist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Karim specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Karim manages and oversees the treatment of a cancer patient after he or she has been diagnosed with the disease. Oncologists will care for their patients throughout the course of the disease. Types of oncologists include medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, pediatric oncologists and hematologist oncologists.
Education and Training
Dow Med College University Of Karachi Pakistan 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Images in clinical medicine. Nontraumatic Clostridium septicum myonecrosis.
- Is levoleucovorin an alternative to racemic leucovorin? A literature review.
- Efficacy of bisphosphonates and other bone-targeted agents in metastatic bone disease from solid tumors other than breast and prostate cancers.
- Cancer patients' relatives' perspectives on disclosure of bad news to patients.
- Time from last chemotherapy to death and its correlation with the end of life care in a referral hospital.
- Oral contraceptives, abortion and breast cancer risk: a case control study in Saudi Arabia.
- Chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer: a comprehensive review.
- The anti-tumour effects of zoledronic acid.
- Breaking Cancer Bad News to Patients With Cancer: A Comprehensive Perspective of Patients, Their Relatives, and the Public-Example From a Middle Eastern Country.
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